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March 14, 2011

Alleged Mexican Drug Kingpin Extradited to the United States to Face Drug and Money-Laundering Charges

Defendant’s Organization Allegedly Trucked Thousands of Kilograms of Cocaine Across the Texas-mexico Border

WASHINGTON – Alleged Mexican drug kingpin Esteban Rodriguez-Olivera, 47, was extradited from Mexico to the United States on Friday, March 11, 2011, and was arraigned today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cheryl L. Pollak at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, N.Y., on charges contained in a superseding indictment returned on March 21, 2008. Rodriguez-Olivera is one of two brothers believed to be the leaders of “Los Gueros,â€